Summary
s.1In The Marvelous Dharma Discourse Ānanda asks the Buddha about the relative merit accrued by huge offerings made to revered beings as compared to the merit accrued by making even a miniature stūpa for the veneration of a buddha who has passed into parinirvāṇa. The Buddha replies that the merit accrued by creating even a tiny stūpa the size of a small fruit for the veneration of a buddha is greater than that accrued by offering the entire world, or even the universe and its palaces, to all stream enterers, once-returners, non-returners, arhats, pratyekabuddhas, and the saṅgha in the four directions.
s.1在《妙法論述》中，阿難詢問佛陀，相比為已般涅槃的佛陀製造微小塔而獲得的功德，向受尊敬的人們供奉巨大供品所累積的功德相對而言如何。佛陀回答說，即使製造一個只有小水果大小的微小塔來供奉一位佛陀所獲得的功德，也要大於將整個世界，甚至將宇宙及其宮殿供奉給四方所有須陀洹、斯陀含、阿那含、阿羅漢、辟支佛和僧伽所累積的功德。